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Beginners Circle Jam #4

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Work to design the obstacle courses for a game show. Stay in budget and keep the audience entertained!

Submitted by pikmingeneral — 1 day, 5 hours before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Originality	#19	3.895	3.895
Use of Theme	#28	3.632	3.632
Audio / Sound	#48	2.947	2.947
Fun / Engagement	#52	2.842	2.842
Art / Graphics	#94	2.211	2.211

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Construct-3
Beepbox.co

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VirtuallyPGSubmitted3 years ago

I had fun trying to work out this game. It presents an interesting challenge and in some ways its lack of explanation makes it all the more intriguing. The behaviour of the ball seems a little inconsistent though maybe that's kind of the idea. Good stuff.

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Alien Game Show Host

Remi SanSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Very interesting take!

I just had a hard time finding which obstacle did what. The rotation didn’t work that well and made it more difficult and longer to design the race.

I wish there were descriptions of the different obstacles we can use.

Nice job.

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pikmingeneralDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Yea I agree I need a way to make the mechanics more clear. I plan to go back and add some tooltips or a better tutorial

Ezra MasonSubmitted3 years ago

Neat take on the theme, could see this being a really cool postjam game, would have like a tooltip that told me what the objects did and had a couple time where i got the target time but it said i should retry. Other than that nice game :)

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The Devil's Blades are Bloody Playthings

pikmingeneralDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

I do plan on working on it post jam because I ended up much happier with the mechanics than I expected, but I agree they need to be better conveyed to the players. Thank you for playing!

NeotoonSubmitted3 years ago

Got a tower defense kind of vibes here, really interesting concept. Thought I got a little confused on what will the AI respond to the items you put in but after that you can get your imagination run wild.

Cheers!!!

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pikmingeneralDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you i'm glad you enjoyed it! I agree that the various interactions need to be made more clear. Hoping to add a better tutorial and some tooltips after jam voting is over

ScreenSavorStudiosSubmitted3 years ago

I love the concept of this. Building the stage for the A.I. is a cool concept I never would have thought of. I ran into a couple bugs while playing, especially the contestant going through the metal door when I tried to block them off with it, but a very enjoyable game all around and a GREAT use of theme.

ScreenSavorStudiosSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I love the concept of this. Building the stage for the A.I. is a cool concept I never would have thought of. I ran into a couple bugs while playing, especially the contestant going through the metal door when I tried to block them off with it, but a very enjoyable game all around and a GREAT use of theme.

pikmingeneralDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks i'm glad you enjoyed it! I know there is definitely some polishing that needs to be done and as some people have pointed out I need to make the mechanics a bit clearer, but i'm still proud of what I got done and glad that you liked it!

BenstrocitySubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I also really like the concept of this game. I'm a fan of being able to set up your own stage and let the characters respond to things you've placed in their environment. I also use the construct 3 engine, so I can certainly appreciate the work you put in. I think I would like to see this improved upon even more, because it could definitely be something really fun! I did have an issue where my character got stuck between a wall and I had to reload the game.

Nicely done.

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pikmingeneralDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

yea there are definitely a few issues that need to be ironed out and I do want to keep working on it, so thank you for trying it out and giving feedback!

Butterflies of my mindSubmitted3 years ago

I like your concept. But i think your game is not satisfying the theme. I really like the concept of the game.

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Wheel Of Fortune - Mini Version

tjboor1Submitted3 years ago(+1)

the game was interesting! I had trouble with it because the pathing would just go to the top left corner when you block off the pathway with a door instead of going for the key, but I enjoyed the premise and the tune in the background was nice.

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pikmingeneralDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks so much! It was my first time making music so i'm glad it turned out ok! The pathfinding was the toughest part to work on for me. Could you tell me which door was causing the problem? Was it the door with the button that needs to be pressed or the vine doors that require the knife to cut?

tjboor1Submitted3 years ago(+1)

i had a line of vine doors with a single wooden door with the button, but instead of going for the button it just went ti the top left

pikmingeneralDeveloper3 years ago

hmm, weird... I will look into it and see what I can do to fix it. Thanks!